{"id":1456,"date":"2008-09-16T22:33:09","date_gmt":"2008-09-17T05:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/law\/2008\/09\/16\/professor-rotunda-testified-before-senate\/"},"modified":"2008-09-16T22:33:09","modified_gmt":"2008-09-17T05:33:09","slug":"professor-rotunda-testified-before-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/law\/2008\/09\/16\/professor-rotunda-testified-before-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Rotunda Testified Before Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Kyndra Rotunda testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights on September 16, 2008.\u00a0 At the hearing entitled, \u201cRestoring the Rule of Law,\u201d Professor Rotunda testified about soldier safety at Guantanamo Bay and POW protection for captured soldiers.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/judiciary.senate.gov\/hearings\/testimony.cfm?id=3550&amp;wit_id=7417\">Read 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